Daily Republican., 1887-08-12
FnFm Fonoing.
II has bean more or isss OF . puzzle
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with farmers In spsrsely wooded ssc-
tions TO know from whence TO obtain
their supply Of fencing for their Acids.
For years they have besn at the mercy
OF the lumbar men for their supply OF
feuclpg materials. They often got rails
and posts made from young trees that
rot Away In Q lev years and they are
ready except In money for now fence
again. Exssperased with the high
prices Of fencing With timbeR they have
bssn driven to uss wires, bareed wire
shat often injnr more st0sk than the
cost Of the wire. Almost every artinoe
has been tried to obtain good and cheap
fencing, but In vSln. The old hedge
fences are % hard TO keep In order that
they have been practically abandoned
and left 70 grow mp Wild In many In
stances. But now there seems 10 be .
way out OF the dimoulty. A living
hedge fsncs hAs been found 10 be the
supply needed for . long felt want.
The Dayton (Ohio) Hedge Company
hAs unrAvslsd the mystsry and By .
combination Of the wire and the osage
hedge they have broaght Into practical
. uss the hsndsomsss isnos, the strongest
fsnce and the cheapest fsaoe that can
b used. By the Dayton process there
10 NOT ap old hedge fence In the country
that cannot be reclaimed and made into
. handsome, strong. cheap fenoe, and
under the Same process. young hedges
are kept from growing up useless and
Wild. An article OF Considerable
length In our locsi columns shows how
oil this can Be done, and Mr.. Samuel
Johpeon, the agent Of the com pany, IL
ct the Clayton House, ready and will
ing to answer any reasonAble question
In regard TO his wonderful process in
reclAiming hedges. New Castle county
10 peculiarly adapted to thoss hedges,
and ~ timber 10 growing exoeedin sly
scaroe and high In price the Dayton
Hedge oomes TO the relief OF the far.
mers none too soon. Tho plan OF rails
ing stock companies 10 one that should
com mend itself 70 the farmers, espec.
tally 20, - the parent company steps
forward 20 generously with pronsrsd
aid In the organisation OF companies.
Mr.. johnson 10 . stranger In this com.
,munity and will no doubt be met with
that coldness and austerity Of manner
that charscterizs many suspicious
people, but the eight farmers who
signed csrtiA ,ste sho wing their Arm
confidence and faith In the plan, ere nc
strangers. They Are our immediate
citizens, men Of standing, we'll known
IS good practical farmers, some OF them
occupying positions Of high trust ant
honor. They have been mp to TrentoE
and have investigated this fence fo
themselves in all It's bearings. Theil
certifi ,As 10 worth something. MI
johnson in his admiration for his plAl
may be excused II he made use Of ez
travagant Language, but he has said n
more Than these eight New Castle oour
ty farmers have said In their certi6oat,
There Is no.hipg hidden nor seor'
about the process. Indeed nature
sunshine and showers have about Z
much to do with II ~ mans ingenuit,
The plants are plan ted, they grow, an
when OF suffioient size theg are ber
over and wired and that IL oil there
in 1t. o! course the fence must be ksE
trimmed after wards, which 10 easil
dcn.. The man who 10 too lazy to trll
up his hedge, onoe or twice year
not the man that will succeed Wit
this new process. However, let th
readers Of the REPUBLICAN Who ar
farmers, truckers and lawn keeper
and who need fences, read the artic
in our LOCAL columns, and then II Il
plan oommehds itself to them let the
At L..
new being organised for New CAST
md get the drst benefits. The pll
has been grand success elsewhel
why can 1t not be success here? o
farmers are progressive and emerge
aud we do not believe they will thrt
good thing aside when they sss II.